wíg-gild
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Se ealdorapostol ǽrest ús gesette tó healdanne ðás dagas and tó beganganne for hǽðenra manna gedwilde, for þan þe hié hiera wíggild and deófulgild on ðás dagas weorðedon, Nap. 69. Add
wíg-heard
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Add: warlike, martial Wíhearde bellicosas, An. Ox. 783
wig-steall
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Hé eóde binnan þonne weóhstal on norðhealfe, Vis. Lfc. 68. Add
-wil-sǽlig
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wín-fæt
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Of wfnfæte enoforo, uase uinario, Hpt. 31, 10, 207. Hét hé Constantium . . . ꝥ man ealle þá wínfatu (vini vascula) gegearwode, Gr. D. 57, 27. Add
wín-land
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a grape-growing country Gif hwá on þám wínlandum for Godes lufon wín wylle forgán, Chrd. 15, 21
wín-lic
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Nán fefor nis mannon mára þonne se wínlica wǽta nulla febris hominum maior quam viteus humor, Chrd. 74, ii. Add
wín-tredd
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and add Hé eóde in þone wíngeard and gesomnode þá geclystru þára byrgena and gebróhte in þǽre wíntreddan (ad calcatorium) . . . Hé þone cniht ásette on þá ylcan wíntreddan ( in eodem calcatorio), and hét hine wringan þá feáwa geclystru þǽra byrgena,
wit-leást
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Widtlǽste uesaniae, An. Ox. ii. 174. Add
bile-wit
Similar entry: un-bilewit
Wǽring-wíc
Warwick
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Warwick On ðison geáre wæs Wǽrincwíc getimbrod, Chr. 915; Th. i. 189, col. 2. Æt Wǽringwícon (-um), 913; Th. i. 186, col. 2, 187, col. 1
gader-wist
a being together, company
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a being together, company. Take here Similar entries gador-wist in Dict., and add Gaderwiste contubernium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 54. Gadorwiste contuberniam (-um? or -a? v. Mk. 6, 39, to which the gloss belongs), 73, 33
Linked entries: ge-gaderwist gador-wist
hǽmed-wíf
A married woman ⬩ uxor, matrona
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A married woman; uxor, matrona, Cot. 136, Lye
heáfod-wísa
A chief director, ruler
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A chief director, ruler, Cd. 79; Th. 97, 28; Gen. 1619
ofer-wist
Excess in eating
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Excess in eating Sint tó manianne ða ofergífran ðeáh hié ne mǽgen ðone unþeáw forlǽtan ðære gífernesse and ðære oferwiste ðæt hé húru hine selfne ne þurhstinge mid ðý sweorde unryhthǽmedes, ac ongiete hú micel ofersprǽc cymeþ of ðære oferwiste admonendi
cniht-wíse
Youthwise ⬩ boy's-manner ⬩ pueri mos
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Youthwise, boy's-manner; pueri mos Sprecan æfter cnihtwísan to speak after the manner of a boy Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 13
Linked entry: wíse
scip-wíse
The fashion or form of a ship
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The fashion or form of a ship On scipwísan geworht made in the fashion of a ship. Nar. 11, 20. Ðá nam heó ánne riscenne windel on scipwísan gesceapenne sumpsit fiscellam scirpeam, Ex. 2, 3
scrid-wísa
A charioteer
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A charioteer Scridwísa auriga, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 38
sige-wíf
wise women
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Grimm supposes this word may be a general denomination of wise women, D. M. 402 ; the passage in which it occurs is a charm, where it is addressed to bees when swarming Sittaþ gé, sigewíf, sígaþ tó eorþan, Lchdm. i. 384, 24
ge-wif
An affection of the eye ⬩ web
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An affection of the eye, web Wið ǽlces cynnes bróc on eágon wið gewif for every sort of malady in the eyes, for web, Lchdm. iii. 290, 3